For the week of 4/16/18

What We’re Learning This Week:

Reading: The students will be reading the fiction story, “Frog and Toad are Friends,” (the spring chapter). We will focus on describing characters, setting, and a major event in the story, using key details.  We will also continue to practice retelling with the beginning, middle, and end of the story.  As always, we will be reading poetry for fluency and expression practice.

*Please continue to read your child’s book-in-a-bag nightly with them.

Writing:  The first graders will continue their writing unit for fourth quarter, realistic fiction.  We introduced this unit by discussing story elements in realistic fiction.  Each story will include a character, place (setting), and plot (trouble) that their character gets into. By the end of this unit, the children will be expected to write a story that has two or more events, with details, transition words, and a wrap-up sentence. We will also be continuing to work on capitalization, end marks and writing detailed sentences through mini-lessons.  During this unit, each child will write a made up story with characters doing realistic things and revisit his or her writing to self-assess and revise.  The children will be exploring the option of writing a series about a character.

Word Study/Spelling: 

Fry Words:  if     go     see   may   part

Feature/Pattern of the week: short vowels: a, e, i, o, u and introducing long vowels      

Ex: cat, chick, sled, ship, toss, truck

Grammar: Review using verbs to convey past, present, and future

Phonics: long e: ee, ea (ex: need, speed, read, lead)

Math: Our math lessons each day will include computational fluency, fact fluency, and core math instruction focused on the first grade common core math standards. Computational fluency will help the students to use the most effective and efficient strategies.  Fact Fluency is working with both addition and subtraction facts within 10.  Our end-of-the-year goal is to have students complete 15 addition facts in one minute and 15 subtraction facts in one minute. Our core lessons will include hands-on math activities and games that support the common core.  This week we will be working on addition and subtraction number sentences that include two 2-digit numbers (15+20), as well as one 2-digit number and one 1-digit number (12+7). 

4th grading period Science and Social Studies:
Science: Plants
Social Studies:  Historical Thinking and Skills & Heritage

Extras:

-Please return your child’s report card envelope (signed)!  Thank you!

-Wednesday, May 16: K-2 Literacy Night 6:00-7:30 at Leighton